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There are 32 resources  
Groups serving all people: - (29)
Groups serving other special populations: - (3)
  Groups serving all people:
 
Housing Court Answers
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
Eviction Intervention Services
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 You must be low-income or moderate-income in order to receive assistance.
Housing Conservation Coordinators
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 Helps low to moderate income people.
Legal Aid Society: Bronx Courthouse Office
Bronx, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
This group provides only brief advice in this area of law.
Legal Aid Society: Bronx Neighborhood Office
Bronx, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Brooklyn Neighborhood Office - Housing
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Lower Manhattan Neighborhood Office
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Queens Neighborhood Courthouse Office
Jamaica, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Queens Neighborhood Office
Kew Gardens, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Staten Island Office
Staten Island, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Aid Society: Harlem Community Law Office
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Services NYC - Brooklyn Branch LSC LOGO
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Services NYC - Brooklyn Branch - Brighton Office LSC LOGO
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Legal Services NYC - Brooklyn Branch - Williamsburg Outreach Office LSC LOGO
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Manhattan Legal Services (formerly Harlem Legal Services, Inc.)- Housing Unit LSC LOGO
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
MFY Legal Services, Inc. - Neighborhood Preservation Project
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 MFY serves low and moderate income New Yorkers.
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation
New York, NY
South Brooklyn Legal Services - Housing Unit LSC LOGO
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Brooklyn Legal Services, Corporation A - Housing/Tenant Group Representation LSC LOGO
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 Tenants Associations and other non-profit groups are generally eligible if primarily made up of and/or serving lower income people.Up to 200% with income exceptions.Majority of the board of directors in group have to be low income and/or primary function is to serve low-income persons.
 low income individuals and families
Hofstra University School of Law - Community Legal Assistance Corp., Law Reform Advocacy Clinic
Hempstead, NY
For Help, you must be:
 We use the Legal Services Eligibility Chart.
Legal Services NYC-Bronx - Housing Unit LSC LOGO
Bronx, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
Neighborhood Association for Intercultural Affairs (NAICA)
Bronx, NY
For Help, you must be:
 We service the low income population. We service families (with children) that are receiving public assistance.We also sevice people that are facing eviction, that are working and can prove that they have a good reason of why they have fallen behind in their rent and can also demonstrate they they have future ability to pay their future rent.
New York Urban League-Queens
Jamaica, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
City Bar Justice Center Legal Hotline
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 200.0% of poverty level;
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
New York Peace Institute
New York, NY
This group does not provide legal representation in court.
CAMBA Legal Services - Staten Island
Staten Island, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 300.0% of poverty level;
 Please call the office for a financial screening.
This group provides only brief advice in this area of law.
Make the Road New York Bushwick Office
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 There are no income requirements, but priority is placed on low income individuals.
Make the Road New York Jackson Heights Office
Jackson Heights, NY
For Help, you must be:
 There are no income guidelines, but priority is placed on low income individuals.
Queens Legal Services  LSC LOGO
Jamaica, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 You must be a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant.
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
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  Groups serving other special populations:
 
Cardozo Bet Tzedek Legal Services
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 Unable to afford a private attorney.
 over 60 years old or disabled
HIV Law Project, Inc.
New York, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 While most of our clients live at or below 125% of the poverty level, we do not have strict income caps and will consider (on a case-by-case basis) handling legal matters for those living above 125% of the poverty level.
 HIV positive
 or related to an HIV positive individual
Legal Aid Society: Brooklyn Neighborhood Office - AIDS Representation Project
Brooklyn, NY
For Help, you must be:
 at or below 125.0% of poverty level;
 HIV positive
 
See full listing for exceptions to income requirements.
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